OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 207 External territory offshore area--how application for mining licence dealt with

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 207

  (1)   This section applies if the application covers blocks in an external territory offshore area.

  (2)   If the applicant does not do what is required by sections   199 to 204, the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for that offshore area) must refuse the application.

  (3)   If the applicant does what is required by sections   199 to 204, the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for that offshore area) may:

  (a)   provisionally grant a mining licence to the applicant; or

  (b)   subject to section   208, refuse the application.

Note:   Under section   232, the grant of the licence cannot be effective before it is registered (see section   333 for registration). The grant will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section   214 for proper acceptance ).